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Mom accused of striking Truman Elementary teacher in the face

The mother of a student at Truman Elementary School in the Hickman Mills School District is accused of striking her child's teacher in the face 5 to 10 times, a Kansas City, Mo., Police report said.

Updated: 5:28 PM CDT Sep 7, 2013

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Mom accused of striking Truman Elementary teacher in the face

The mother of a student at Truman Elementary School in the Hickman Mills School District is accused of striking her child's teacher in the face 5 to 10 times, a Kansas City, Mo., Police report said.

Updated: 5:28 PM CDT Sep 7, 2013

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Mom accused of striking Truman Elementary teacher in the face

The mother of a student at Truman Elementary School in the Hickman Mills School District is accused of striking her child's teacher in the face 5 to 10 times, a Kansas City, Mo., Police report said.

Updated: 5:28 PM CDT Sep 7, 2013

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WEBVTT A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, GETS ATTACKED IN HER CLASSROOM, AFTER SCHOOL... HER HEAD IS SLAMMED, INTO A FILING CABINET. KANSAS CITY POLICE SAY, A PARENT, ATTACKED THE TRUMAN ELEMENTARY TEACHER. CLIFF JUDY SPOKE, TO SOME PARENTS THIS AFTERNOON, WHO SAY, THE WOMAN, WENT TOO FAR. KANSAS CITY POLICE CONTINUED TO LOOK INTO AN ATTACK... EVEN AS BUSSES AND PARENTS LIKE LOREN KENNEDY LINED UP FRIDAY TO TAKE CHILDREN HOME. 00:52:38 "THERE'S OTHER WAYS OF HANDLING THINGS OTHER THAN VIOLENCE AND ESPECIALLY DEALING WITH A TEACHER...IF YOU FEEL THE TEACHER HAS PUT THEIR HANDS ON YOUR CHILD...IF THAT'S THE CASE, YOU NEED TO TAKE THE PROPER STEPS." KANSAS CITY POLICE SAY THURSDAY AFTER SCHOOL THE MOTHER OF A STUDENT ACCUSED A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER OF TOUCHING HER CHILD. THEY SAY THE WOMAN HIT THE TEACHER FIVE TO 10 TIMES BEFORE HITTING THE TEACHER'S HEAD AGAINST A FILING CABINET TWICE. 00:52:55 "BUT TO PHYSICALLY PUT YOUR HANDS ON THEM? NO. BECAUSE ALL THAT DID WAS PUT YOURSELF IN A WHOLE LOT OF TROUBLE." LATE FRIDAY, THE HICKMAN MILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT TOLD CHANNEL 9 THE CHILD RECANTED HIS STORY THE TEACHER TOUCHED THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. STILL, PARENTS LIKE KENNEDY WONDERED ABOUT SECURITY. 00:52:05 "IS MY CHILD SAFE IN THIS SCHOOL? IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN? THE NEXT TIME THE NEXT PARENT COMES IN UPSET, IS HE COMING IN WITH A GUN? OR A KNIFE? OR IS HE GOING TO PICK UP A CHAIR AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT ONE OF THE KIDS?" DISTRICT OFFICIALS TOLD US THAT, THAT PARENT, IS NOT ALLOWED, ON ANY SCHOOL PROPERTY, INDEFINITELY. THEY